Boston College / Carroll MBA Recommendation Questions
The Carroll School of Management at Boston College requires a single professional recommendation but will accept up to three. Supervisors, managers, or colleagues who are familiar with your day-to-day work are preferred. Applicants with limited work experience may submit recommendations from academic or professional references, such as professors or internship supervisors. You want to choose an individual who can provide an objective appraisal of your capacity for intensive graduate study and potential for professional success. The Boston College MBA recommendation questions for the 2025-2026 application cycle are as follows.
2025 – 2026 Boston College / Carroll MBA Recommendation Questions
Section 1: Recommender Information
If you are an alum of Boston College, please let us know from which program and year you graduated.
Nature of relationship
- Direct Supervisor
- Other Supervisor
- Advisor / mentor
- Colleague / Peer
- Direct Report
- Indirect report
- Client / Customer
- Business Partner / Investor
- Vendor
- Professor Instructor
- Other
Section 2: Recommendation Letter
For Masters in Business Administration, Masters in Finance, and Masters in Accounting applicants, please comment on the candidate’s achievements, motivation, integrity, and potential to study in a master’s program. In this section, we are requesting that you create a document (Word or PDF format) for your comments. After you create your document, please save it to your desktop and then upload it using the Upload Document function.
Section 3: Short Answers and Leadership Assessment Grid
You have been chosen as a recommender for an applicant to the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. The Admissions Committee’s decision will be based upon an evaluation of the applicant’s capacity for graduate study and his or her potential for professional success. Your candid appraisal of the applicant is appreciated. This recommendation will be used for admissions purposes only.
What are the applicant’s talents or strengths? (Maximum 500 Characters)
In what areas can the applicant improve? (Maximum 500 Characters)
- Superior (Top 5%)
- Excellent (Top 15%)
- Good (Top third)
- Average (Middle third)
- Poor (Bottom third)
- Unable to Judge
Characteristics:
- Analytical Ability
- Integrity
- Maturity
- Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork
- Oral Communication Skills
- Written Communication Skills
- Organization Skills
- Leadership Potential
- Motivation/ Initiative
- Potential for Career Advancement
- Quantitative Ability
- Judgment
- Highly recommend
- Recommend
- Recommend with reservations
- Do not recommend
May we contact you if the Admissions Committee feels that it would be helpful to speak with you regarding the applicant?
- Yes
- No
MBA Applywire
My low cgpa was as a result of working part time during my undergrad to cover my expenses and mostly for experience. Parent's business run into financial challenges made things difficult because i had to pay my fees. had CGPA of 3.0+ in 3rd and 4th year in my undergrad(60 credit hours). currently work in commercial bank in CX with 4yrs Work Exp. It will be 6yrs when I apply for the MBA ,I will be promoted to a different unit soon. pro bono consulting for young entrepreneurs. Led youth groups at church and organize capacity building events.
Plan on writing the GRE with 330 as target.
Hoping for a significant scholarship
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I have worked for over 10 years in sales and business development and I am currently completing a PostGraduate Diploma in Banking and Finance and I need an a good MBA to enable me pivot into financial services.
Currently working in consulting with a major FMCG/alcobev client, mainly across analytics, supply, and business problem-solving work. Over time, I’ve realized I enjoy understanding why problems exist within organizations and how teams, systems, and decisions can work better together, which is what’s pushing me towards strategy consulting and an MBA.
A lot of my interest in business also comes from seeing how everyday products and operations work behind the scenes. Outside work, I co-founded and ran a digital literacy initiative (1yr 2mo) during COVID where we helped elderly individuals and women from underserved communities learn basic digital tools to stay connected and manage daily activities during lockdown.
I’m currently preparing for the GMAT and exploring schools such as LBS, Fuqua, Ross, Tuck, and a few reach schools depending on how the score progresses.
Veteran. Ivy League undergrad. Planning to pivot into consulting or LDP.
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15 / June / 2026